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Middlestone Moor Colliery |
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Middlestone Moor Colliery
| Location: |
Middlestone Moor
7 miles [11 km] SSW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ239317, 54° 40' 47" N, 1° 37' 45" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian), the colliery at Middlestone Moor is shown above the legend for Leasingthorne |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1965 |
| Owners: |
1930's - W. Ellwood |
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1930's - Middlestone Moor Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1940's - Spennymoor Coal Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1930 - Coal. |
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1934 - Coal: Household. |
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1940 - Coal: Household. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1964 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1930 - 13 (10 below, 3 surface) |
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1934 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) |
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1940 - 24 (16 below, 8 surface) |
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1945 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) |
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1950 - 28 (24 below, 4 surface) |
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1955 - 31 (27 below, 4 surface) |
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1960 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) |
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1961 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) |
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1964 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1930 - Hutton |
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1934 - Hutton, Three Quarter |
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1940 - Hutton |
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1950 - Hutton |
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1955 - Hutton |
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1960 - Hutton |
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1961 - Hutton |
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1964 - Hutton |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Middlestone Moor Colliery |
| Notes: |
1937, 02 Jun - Three Quarters seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middlestone Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Middlestone Moor Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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